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Antravasado (anh tra va sah doh) n. Playing out of clave (3/2 or 2/3) in latin music

Apesh!t (ayp sh!t) adj. Using large movements with arms and body; going very fast and loud. i.e., During the solo, Jared went apesh!t on the bass drums.

Ashtray hand (ash tray hand) n. when the left hand (traditional grip) of a snare player is facing up looking like an ash tray.

Backstick (back stik) v. Playing with the butt end of the stick.

Bag (bag) n. <1> Anything which is horrible, i.e. a musical score, a performance, etc. (i.e. That drumline was the bag.) <2> The worst player in a particular section. also tick box, bag of a$$... also v., INF to bag, bagging, bagged. The act of sucking a particular section (i.e. the water boy bagged that 9 stroke)

Bag of Suck (bag of suk) n. When there is so much suckin' goin' on in the whole Drumline that it comprises an entire bag of it!! i.e. You guys are screwin around so much that you look and sound like a giant bag of suck!!

Balls (balz) n. Intensity; i.e., Play with some balls, man. also sacks, cajones. see also feather tap

Balls-to-the-walls (balz to tha walz) adj. Seriously intense. also seriosly loud

Ballzando (baltz ahn doh) adj. A dynamic level far above all traditional dynamic levels. i.e., "You guys don't have to play it at ballzando to be heard over the pit."

Beating (beet ing) n. A drumline practice session that teeters on the line between very tough rehearsal and raw, all-out punishment, intended to establish discipline or simply to improve chops. see also roll stroll.

Bill Beater (bill beet ehr) n. <1> A variation of the Egg Beater that is played with a 16th note before the E.B. that is played R-RRRLLR-RRRLL etc also played off left hand.

B!tch (bich) n. A relatively virgin drum line addition whom is frequently called upon for such services as fetching water, picking up trash, carrying things around on the field, and being subjected to countless acts of ridicule and embarrassment. Also The Bottom bass drum

B!tch Beater (bich beet-ehr) n. Means you are playing way too loud. Also the bottom bass player

Book (book) n. The musical score/drillwriting for the season.

Bring it up (bring it up) v. <1> To torque a drum to the point of breaking. <2> To play at your personal best; i.e., "Bring it up, drumline!"

Bunk (bungk) adj. See 'dirty'.

Burn (buhrn) v. To play any lick or passage very fast and very clean...can be done solo or with other players. i.e. "Let's burn triplet diddle once." also reef, i.e. "We were reefin' the '94 Blue Devils shopping spree last night!"

Butterflies (butt er flies) n. Tenor crossover/sweep lick; notated as 32nd notes: 13242413 13132424. Produces a "butterfly" looking arm motion. also helicopters

Buzz Kill (buzz kihl) n. Expecting a cool lic, but it turns out to suck, i.e. "The corps x drumline is a total buzz kill."

Cheese (cheez) n. A note which is both flammed and diddled (dragged).

Cheezz (cheez) n. A poorly written part, i.e. That whole bar was nothing but cheezz. also corny

Chef, (the) (chef) n. A percussionist who plays traditional grip and can't keep that good ol' left hand down, just likes stiring chicken noodle soup...

Chili Dogs (chill ee dogz) n. Rudiment - flam taps, with cheese on the flams. also cheese flam accent, cheeselet

Chops (chopz) n. <1> The muscles located in the wrist of a drummer. <2> Any area of the hand that is sore after drumming for hours. <3> The physical ability level of a drummer. i.e. "He's got good chops."

Chop out (chop owt) v. To play a part that is rudimentally simple, but still hard to play because of the speed it is played at. also play to the point of muscle burn

Chop wood (chop wud) v. To play the drum at any angle besides perpendicular to the head. Also slice

Chuchutta (chuh chuht ah) n. Flam accented triplets with an added flam on the third note of each triplet

Clam (clam) n. A mistake (someone who is making a lot of mistakes is said to be eating clam chowder) also tick, tick box

Clean (cleen) adj. when a passage is technically correct, in the ensemble, and in unison. also tits; i.e. that lick was tits.

Clusterf**k (cluhs tur f*k) n. A set in which everyone is disoriented and misplaced. also when no one knows whats going on and everything is going everywhere

Cop-a-squat (cop uh skwat) v. For one to squat down and take a knee during practice.

Cop Killer (cop kill ehr) n. Anybody who manages to bust their stick through a KevlarŪ head.

Crutch (cruch) n. A part your director puts in to help the band keep tempo. Usually when the battery is not playing. Often top bass or snare captain playing on the quarters. ALSO Cheater beats. proper noun -- The one playing the notes.

Darth Vader (darth vader) proper noun Any kid on the line who has an asthma attack the first five minutes of practice.

Dink (dink) n. The smallest bass drum in a bass line.

Dirty (dur tee) adj. The precise opposite of clean - incorrect playing, style, and/or interpretation; playing out of ensemble, ticking out of the unison. also squalid, filthy

Do it up (doo iht upp) v. To do well; kick a$$.

Doughboy (doh boy) n. Name given to one who is gasping for air after the first 15 minutes of practice.

Drummer wannabe (drum er wan nuh bee) n. Those horn players who insist on comming to the drums and beating them EVERY day. also everyone.

Druminese (drum uh neez) n. the universal language spoken by all drummers, using mouth sounds to imitate sounds made by different drums, Ex. gak for a rimshot on a KevlarŪ snare.

Dut (duht) n. Chant used to keep time. also hut, dup.

Duzh-da-duzh (duhzsh dah duhzsh) n. <1> To ask the drumline or section to play: as in "OK, let's go duzh-da-duzh".<2> Descriptive of the primarily "26-rudiments" --and thus musically limited-- writing/arranging, monotone sounding "play one volume and one tempo" style of the majority of pre-1967 drumlines: before different size bass drums, multi-tenors, pit, etc. were used.

Eargasm (eer gaz em) n. Climax of an incredible drum lick listening experience.

Egg Beater (egg beet ehr) n. A roll that is played RRRLLRRRLL etc. or can be played off theleft hand. Note - hands do not go same speed.

Eight Factorial (ate fac tore ee uhl) n. Taken from the mathematical factorial function (ex: 8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1), this is an "8 on a hand" exercise in which you play 8 notes on each hand, then 7, then 6, then 5, .... You can start at 16 and 32 too. Also optional is to build back up to the starting number.

Fake flams n. When you ghost the grace note of a flam but play the main.

Fake it (fayk it) v. To try to look like you know the part, while you are trying to remember the drill at the same time... when you really only know half the part.

Feather tap v. To play lightly so as not to get much sound out of the drum

Flash Flood (flash flud) n. What happens when one snare can't hack it, so the entire song gets watered down.

Flem (flehm) n. A flam that was so dirty, it sounded like somebody coughed it up.

Flintstone (flint ston) n. hybrid rudiment, consisting of a flammed dotted eigth note, tapped sixteenth, then 32nd note flam-five (sounds like "Meet the Flintstones")

Floater (flowt ehr) n. Short for a free-floating drum, where the tension lugs which tighten the head are not directly connected to the shell.

Fluff (fluhf) n. When the line sounds dirty, i.e., That was a bunch of fluff. (usually used when unappropriate things can't be said)

Freakin' Ree Ree (freek in ree ree) n. The guy in the snare line who just can't quite get it - ever. also ree ree

Frizbee (friz bee) n. Synonym for a cymbal. also plates

Fuhrer (fure ehr) n. The snare captain who acts like a dictator. also drum major

Futz-A$$ (futz a$$) n. Name for annoying band directors; who try to do things too fast, or just do dumb stuff, and always seems to screw the drumline.

Fuzz (fuhz) n. A quality of sound achieved when a snareline is on the brink of being clean; i.e., "Cadets were fuzzy in July, but they are piss clean for finals.

Gank (gangk ) v. <1> Making a big gash in your stick, caused by rimshot or just sucking. ie. I just ganked the [expletive deleted] out of my stick. <2> To steal something, i.e. That dude just ganked my stick! or Man, our instructor just ganked that part from Vanguard '90. also rip <3> East Coast terminology for skangk, see skangk

Gator Beatin' (gay tore beet in) v. Playing firmly into the drum head, thereby producing a good quality sound. also through the head

Geriatric (jerr ee a tric) adj. When a drummer holds his stick like he's crippled. also, when sticks are extremely out of playing position. i.e., Quit doin' those geriatrics and play normal!

Ghost (gost) v. To "fake-drum" - to take out notes of a passage you're playing but still air drum them like your playing it.

Gimpy (gim pee) adj. <1> When a stick cracks and no longer gives the proper rebound (the gimpy stick causes the tick) <2> When you are not playing up to your usual ability; weak. (My chops are gimpy today).

Give Good Head (giv good hed) v. To play well.

Glory Boys (glore ee boyz) n. The snareline. Also, alumni who are idolized by the instructors and the drummers.

Goal posts (gol postz) n. T-bar tan from wearing a harness, but not wearing a shirt. not applicable with vest or tube carriers

Goat (goht) n. The percussion caption head. [attritributed to John R. Donovan, Jr.]

Gock (gahk ) n. <1> High pitched, approx 6in. drum on set of tenors, generally closest to the carrier. also sprock, gack, gawk, shot, shot drum, spank, spock, whacker, high pitched annoying thing. <2> A medium-low pitched sound made on a snare drum by hitting rim and head at the same time with the tip of the stick at the center of the drum head. also gok shot

Grabbing the bull by the balls (you can read) v. Taking a really hard lick and playing it so perfect, the whole band sounds awesome.

Grandma (gram ma) n. A rudiment consisting of alternating stroked 16thnotes with 32nd note right and left-handed paradiddles added in.

Grid (grihd) v. To take a rudiment (flam, diddle, etc.) and place it on the first, second, third, and fourth beats of a sixteenth note over a series of measures. Can also be done over triplets.

Hack (hak) v. <1> To improvise equipment (w/duct tape, etc.) <2> To play something stupid when you aren't supposed to be playing, caused by boredom and innate desire to hit your drum. (i.e. Quit hackin' or I'll kick your a$$!)

Hatin' It (hayt in it) v. a state of being which is somewhat like suffering, i.e., "The snare drummer on the end of VK's line was hatin' it during the drum solo." "The tenor players are hatin' it, because their d*mn drums weigh a ton."

Helen Keller Line (hel in kehl ehr line) n. A drumline of b!tch beaters with total disregard to dynamics and technique.

Helicopters (hel ih cop terz) n. see butterflies

Hell Raiser (hel rayz ehr) n. When you beat the hell outta the drum and the head snaps or tears.

Hemiola (hee mee oh la) n. A violent and abrupt outburst of the battery during a show. also four over 3 triplet accents, so the accent land on the "trip" of beat one the "ul" of beat two and the "it" of beat three

Hertah (her tah) n. Two 32nd notes immediately followed by two 16th notes. Roll the "r" Italian-style and it sounds like what it means. also hereta

Hurl (hurl) n. See "vomit".

Infinity Rolls (ihn fin ih tee rolz) n. A period of time where the line starts rolling and doesn't stop until the time period is over, usually starting out at a fast tempo and high stick height, depending on the skill and endurance level of the line. i.e., Tommorow we have to do infinity rolls for 15 min.

James sticking (jaymz stik ing) v. -playing any type of drum with a traditional-like style, only with the right hand flipped instead of the left. also jimmy sticking

Lick (lik) n. Any part of a drum score, although usually concerning a solo or particularly difficult passage.

Life Guard (life gard) n. One snare line member, who gets the bag (who's getting everything watered down in the first place) to finally practice, thereby stopping all the watering.

Life Saver (life sayv er) n. The snare line's practice pads (Real Feals,heavy hitters etc) ie, Get out your life savers and practice that opener!

Mallet throw A game in which the bass line stands on the goal line and chucks thier mallets as far as they can,one at a time winner is the one with the best combined distance. measured in yards then steps i.e. 122 yards, one step. Traditionally played immidiatly after the last practice before the last competition.

Marionette (mair ee uh neht) n. The drum major- he/she is merely a puppet for the band while the drums really keep the band together. also tool, puppet

Martin (mar tin) proper noun The freakin' ree-ree, pee-on, etc. who just won't stop hacking, gacking, and/or getting picked on. Also the guy most likely to go to a Trekkie convention.

Meathead (meet hed) n. Someone who thinks they're an incredible player who really isn't.

Million Flam Rule (mihl yun flam rool) n. The rule that states "One must play a million flams before one can play a perfect flam."

Monkey drum (muhn kee druhm) v. To "flail" each stroke, whipping the stick down and back very high, usually above your head.

Motherf*cker (muh thur f*k er) n. <1> A flamadiddle that alternates hands over fives. <2> The "sung" part for inside fives (one motherf*cker two motherf*cker)

Nerf Claves (nurf clah vayz) n. What you give the bag, freakin' ree ree,geriatric, stick jockey, or water boy to play. also Nerfwoodblock and Nerf cowbell.

Nipple (nipp uhl) n. Someone who is seriously out of formation when on the field. ie: "Hey man, you're the biggest nipple i've ever seen!"

Nirvana (nuhr vah na) n. A state of being achieved when you are playing a lick so effortlessly you give out an aura that you could play 10 times better than anyone else around you. can also refer to entire drum lines

Notes (nohtz) n. A passage, or measure, that is very difficult because of the amount of notes that you play. i.e., You guys wanted some notes, so here they are.

Orville Redenbocker Line (or vil red en bock ehr lyn) n. a line that plays nothing but total popcorn.

Pacifier (pa sih fy er) n. something such as a wood block that the insane instructor hits to keep a line in time. i.e. - Do you want me to breakout the pacifier or are you good enough to play without it?

Paper Bag (pay per bahg) n. What one of the drums on a set of tenors sounds like with a busted casing.

Park-'n'-blow (park an blow) n. A part in a show where you just stand there and play; no marching. Usually during the drum solo, or for dramatic effect.

Peck (peck) v. To improvise on any percussive instrument when you get bored, or when you are trying to annoy the crap out of sombody

Pecker (peck ehr) n. <1> A practice pad. i.e., Whip out your peckers and hack through the solo. <2> A title/derogative term for someone who constantly plays after the cutoff from the director, i.e., "Hey, pecker, quit hackin' before I shove this stick where the sun don't shine - SIDEWAYS!"

Peon (pee ohn) n. The annoying kid in the drumline that always get's picked on, kicked, or slaped with sticks. Also acts like it doesn't hurt at all. i.e., Leave Peon alone, he's bleeding.

Pimp (pimp) n. The center snare.also adj Good; i.e., "That cadence was pimp."

Ping (ping) n. A gock (def. #2, or rim shot) played 2-3in. away from rim

Piss 'er down (piss ehr down) v. Take a break to get rid of some beer

Piss it (piss it) v. Make the roll so clean it sounds like someone urinating

Plates (playtz) n. Cymbals. also frizbee

Popcorn (pop corn) n. The result of snacking- i.e., "What the hell kind of feature was that those guys were trying to play? They were playing so dirty, it sounded like popcorn!"

popcorn n. refers to a very dirty part, some times the entire show can be entirly made of popcorn

Popeye Syndrome (pohp eye sin drome) n. The incredible burning sensation in the forearms after a difficult workout.

Pow wow circle (pow wow sirk uhl) n. When all the bass drummers in a line get together in a circle for a sectional, i.e. "Okay, it's time for our little pow-wow circle again, so we can get this feature right."

Prize B!tch (prize bich) n. The freshman who is adored by the colorgard because he is "so unlike the drummers" and is therefore subject to scorn and humiliation. i.e., "Fulton is the guard's prize b!tch." also. The band directors favorite drummer

Puss out (puss owt) v. To play too weakly or not play at all, i.e., Man, quit pussin' out on that roll. see feather tap

Put your balls on the line (oh, you can say it) v. To align the balls of your feet with a yard line to set drill. also to take a big risk

Ram (ramm) n. A passage in a song when players (bass drummers, etc.) go insanely fast. also when you "know" youre right and ignore everyhing else on the field

Ram out (ramm owt) v. To play the drum, i.e. Man, that drumline was rammin' out some serious licks!

Rip (rip) n. A stolen drum score, i.e. That solo Frankfurter North played was a total Cadets rip. also v. see burn

Roll Stroll (roll stroll) n. Marching around playing intensely fast/ high rolls for as long as an hour straight, thereby inducing Popeye Syndrome. see also infinity rolls.

RMFL (ar em ef el) adj. Really Mother F*cking Loud - above fortississimo. also LAF (Loud As F*ck).

Sack (sak) n. See bag.

Schlep (shlepp) v. To move equipment, such as moving keyboards to a show site.

Schlock (shlok) v. To play first attacks of accented patterns, rolls, diddles, etc.. as dirty as humanly possible. i.e., "What is this, Schlock-Fest `97?!"

Scoop (scoop) n. A sound projector attached to the bottom of a snare drum. if you refer to these as "projectors" you will be ridiculed

Set the Table (set tha taybuhl) v. Position the cymbals in front of the battery at ride or hi-hat carry for the battery to play on. (Get it - cymbals = plates = set the table?)

Sha goink (sha goyngk) n. What gets accomplished when the instructor is not around. also nothing

Shank (shangk) n. Torque wrench or power key.

Sh!t the bed (sh!tt tha bedd) v. To blatently suck beyond belief, i.e. "You guys are really sh!ttin the bed on that lick...."

Shiznit (shiz niht) n. A really clean passage, where all the drummers"groove" to the beat.

Shut 'er down (shutt ur down) v. To end practice. i.e., "It's 9:00, timeto shut 'er down."

Skangk (skangk) n. A tenor note where you hit the lowest or second lowest pitched of the set of tenors, then immedietely put your hand on the drum head to muffle the sound, giving a quick attack and sharp cutoff - it sounds like it's name. East Coast = gank

Slap on the hogs (slapp on tha hogz) v. Put on your drums. also load 'em up, strap 'em on, mount up

Slice (slise) n when your right hand does not travel perpendiclar to the drum head, if matched grip, includes left hand.

Smoking (smohk ing) adj. Outstanding. A "smoking" show is one that totally blows the judges hair off and all the fans start to run away because it hurts their ears.

Solo taco (soh loh tah coh) n. Something played which is totally wrong, not even CLOSE to whatactually should be played. i.e. Hey wrong page man, dont go Solo taco on me.

Spank (spangk) v. To hit the drum.

Spankophone (spangk uh phon) n. The sprock drum or the bottom bass drum of the battery line. (used by Brian Mason)

Splinter (splint ehr) n. The pit player who breaks all of the mallets.

Spree (spree) n. A drumline's exercise in which they play all of their meat such as flam drags, cheeses, cheese chuchuttas.

Sprock (sprock) n. See "gock".

Sprock Spank (sprock spangk) n. a lick in which the sprock drum (or etc, see above) is hit repetiativly on accents, flams, drags, or open rolls/sweeps.

Snack (snack) v. see sh*t the bed

Snackum (snack um) n. One who snacks.

Stick Jockey (stik jock ee) n. A drummer who sucks so much they are demoted from the battery, straight to equipment manager. ie. "That freakin' ree ree is headed for stick jockey."

Stick The Cymbal (stik tha sim bull) n. Game played by drummers as follows: One drummer stands at an end of the parking lot waiting on waldo with his sticks...then the cymbal boys stand at the other end of the p.lot then the snare player whales his stick at the cymbals and if he hits one he gets a point..first to 10 wins

Superman (soup ehr mann) n. The lug-rim attachment on a bass drum. Named so because when taken off the drum, they look like little flying men.

Sweep (sweep) n. Tenor terminology for a rapid double stroke over two or more drums. also rake

Swiss Aarons (swiss air onz) n. Sixteenth notes with a flam on thedownbeat. Sticking is R, R, R, L (or L, L, L, R). Should sound like flam-paraddidles.

Tachutta (tuh chuht ah) n. Triplets with accents on the downbeats, and every SECOND notehas an unaccented flam.

Throw down (thro down) v. To play the drum. also ram out, spank

Tick (tik) n. Any minor screw ups playing, during any part of a show or rehearsal

Tighter than a virgin's daughter (you can pronounce it yourself) phrase ... How one should tune a marching snare drum.

Tony the Fireman (toh nee thah fyr man) proper noun -- The instructor who hoses all your parts.

Toy (toy) n. any item that can be attached to a marching drum (Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ride Cymbals, Hi hats, Ribbon Crashers, Spocks, Crotales, Granite Blocks, etc.)

Trainwreck (trayn rek) n. when the drumline as a whole sh*ts the bed, thus causing the band to....sh*t the bed.

Trek (trek) v. To march a long distance with just the drumline. Usually done to practice a piece (ie: the cadence) with marching. "Let's trek the cadence for a couple miles." see also roll stroll. also adventures

Uggh (uggh) intrjct. What you say instead of playing the right notes. also sh*t, huh, etc.
Example - When you have a great lick going and your top bass just happens to miss a nine stroke roll at the climax and says "uggh!" instead; right when no one else is playing.

Urination Vacation (yur uh nay shun vay cay shun) n. When a band member takes a piss break and never returns to practice.

Vibe (vibe) n. The intensity that a drumline or a drummer produces while playing,evident by their body language/facial expression.

Virgin Stick (ver jin stik) n. A new stick that has never been played with.

Visual (vizh yoo uhl) n. Something the percussionist does to add a visual texture to a song (twirls, back-sticking, fake-sticking, drum to drum, etc.)

Vitamins (vy tah minz) n. Any roll endurance exercise. see infinity roll

Vomit (vah mit) n. An anticipated sh*tting of the bed; i.e., "Uh oh, here comes the tenor vomit." also hurl

Waldo (wahl doh) proper noun -- The guy who always wanders off, and nobody can find him; i.e., "All right guys, let's run the opener....Hey! Where's Waldo?!"

Water (wah ter) v. To simplify a drum score. also hose

Water Boy (wah ter boy) n. Someone who sucks, for whom you must water the part down.

War Club (wahr club) n. A heavy or heavily taped stick. also bottom bass mallet

Way out (way owt) adj. The worst you could possibly play...to not even come close to playing with the line, worse than a tick; i.e., "Dude, you are just way-out on those inverts in the closer."

Wet-mouth (wett mowth) n. Any drooling bando who is paralyzed with amazement in the parking lot or in the stands.

Whackerball (whack er ball) n. A drum game played by setting the quints on the ground sothe gock ("whacker") is up like a basket, then sitting about five feet away and trying to get a small paper ball (about the size of a golf ball) into thewhacker. Get three in a row, and you move to round two, where a stick iswaved in front of the whacker. Get three more in a row and go onto round 3 where two sticks are waved in front of the whacker. Get those next three in a row in and you win.

Whacktissimo (whack tiss ih mo) adj. See "ballzando".

Zorro (zohr oh) n. A really dirty sticks-out.

I saw a request for this in the Site idea forum. I had it lying around my computer. Feel free to add any that you see missing Ill gather up the missing one and add them into the main one at a later date (2-3 weeks)

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Antravasado (anh tra va sah doh) n. Playing out of clave (3/2 or 2/3) in latin music

Apesh!t (ayp sh!t) adj. Using large movements with arms and body; going very fast and loud. i.e., During the solo, Jared went apesh!t on the bass drums.

Ashtray hand (ash tray hand) n. when the left hand (traditional grip) of a snare player is facing up looking like an ash tray.

Backstick (back stik) v. Playing with the butt end of the stick.

Bag (bag) n. <1> Anything which is horrible, i.e. a musical score, a performance, etc. (i.e. That drumline was the bag.) <2> The worst player in a particular section. also tick box, bag of a$$... also v., INF to bag, bagging, bagged. The act of sucking a particular section (i.e. the water boy bagged that 9 stroke)

Bag of Suck (bag of suk) n. When there is so much suckin' goin' on in the whole Drumline that it comprises an entire bag of it!! i.e. You guys are screwin around so much that you look and sound like a giant bag of suck!!

Balls (balz) n. Intensity; i.e., Play with some balls, man. also sacks, cajones. see also feather tap

Balls-to-the-walls (balz to tha walz) adj. Seriously intense. also seriosly loud

Ballzando (baltz ahn doh) adj. A dynamic level far above all traditional dynamic levels. i.e., "You guys don't have to play it at ballzando to be heard over the pit."

Beating (beet ing) n. A drumline practice session that teeters on the line between very tough rehearsal and raw, all-out punishment, intended to establish discipline or simply to improve chops. see also roll stroll.

Bill Beater (bill beet ehr) n. <1> A variation of the Egg Beater that is played with a 16th note before the E.B. that is played R-RRRLLR-RRRLL etc also played off left hand.

B!tch (bich) n. A relatively virgin drum line addition whom is frequently called upon for such services as fetching water, picking up trash, carrying things around on the field, and being subjected to countless acts of ridicule and embarrassment. Also The Bottom bass drum

B!tch Beater (bich beet-ehr) n. Means you are playing way too loud. Also the bottom bass player

Book (book) n. The musical score/drillwriting for the season.

Bring it up (bring it up) v. <1> To torque a drum to the point of breaking. <2> To play at your personal best; i.e., "Bring it up, drumline!"

Bunk (bungk) adj. See 'dirty'.

Burn (buhrn) v. To play any lick or passage very fast and very clean...can be done solo or with other players. i.e. "Let's burn triplet diddle once." also reef, i.e. "We were reefin' the '94 Blue Devils shopping spree last night!"

Butterflies (butt er flies) n. Tenor crossover/sweep lick; notated as 32nd notes: 13242413 13132424. Produces a "butterfly" looking arm motion. also helicopters

Buzz Kill (buzz kihl) n. Expecting a cool lic, but it turns out to suck, i.e. "The corps x drumline is a total buzz kill."

Cheese (cheez) n. A note which is both flammed and diddled (dragged).

Cheezz (cheez) n. A poorly written part, i.e. That whole bar was nothing but cheezz. also corny

Chef, (the) (chef) n. A percussionist who plays traditional grip and can't keep that good ol' left hand down, just likes stiring chicken noodle soup...

Chili Dogs (chill ee dogz) n. Rudiment - flam taps, with cheese on the flams. also cheese flam accent, cheeselet

Chops (chopz) n. <1> The muscles located in the wrist of a drummer. <2> Any area of the hand that is sore after drumming for hours. <3> The physical ability level of a drummer. i.e. "He's got good chops."

Chop out (chop owt) v. To play a part that is rudimentally simple, but still hard to play because of the speed it is played at. also play to the point of muscle burn

Chop wood (chop wud) v. To play the drum at any angle besides perpendicular to the head. Also slice

Chuchutta (chuh chuht ah) n. Flam accented triplets with an added flam on the third note of each triplet

Clam (clam) n. A mistake (someone who is making a lot of mistakes is said to be eating clam chowder) also tick, tick box

Clean (cleen) adj. when a passage is technically correct, in the ensemble, and in unison. also tits; i.e. that lick was tits.

Clusterf**k (cluhs tur f*k) n. A set in which everyone is disoriented and misplaced. also when no one knows whats going on and everything is going everywhere

Cop-a-squat (cop uh skwat) v. For one to squat down and take a knee during practice.

Cop Killer (cop kill ehr) n. Anybody who manages to bust their stick through a KevlarŪ head.

Crutch (cruch) n. A part your director puts in to help the band keep tempo. Usually when the battery is not playing. Often top bass or snare captain playing on the quarters. ALSO Cheater beats. proper noun -- The one playing the notes.

Darth Vader (darth vader) proper noun Any kid on the line who has an asthma attack the first five minutes of practice.

Dink (dink) n. The smallest bass drum in a bass line.

Dirty (dur tee) adj. The precise opposite of clean - incorrect playing, style, and/or interpretation; playing out of ensemble, ticking out of the unison. also squalid, filthy

Do it up (doo iht upp) v. To do well; kick a$$.

Doughboy (doh boy) n. Name given to one who is gasping for air after the first 15 minutes of practice.

Drummer wannabe (drum er wan nuh bee) n. Those horn players who insist on comming to the drums and beating them EVERY day. also everyone.

Druminese (drum uh neez) n. the universal language spoken by all drummers, using mouth sounds to imitate sounds made by different drums, Ex. gak for a rimshot on a KevlarŪ snare.

Dut (duht) n. Chant used to keep time. also hut, dup.

Duzh-da-duzh (duhzsh dah duhzsh) n. <1> To ask the drumline or section to play: as in "OK, let's go duzh-da-duzh".<2> Descriptive of the primarily "26-rudiments" --and thus musically limited-- writing/arranging, monotone sounding "play one volume and one tempo" style of the majority of pre-1967 drumlines: before different size bass drums, multi-tenors, pit, etc. were used.

Eargasm (eer gaz em) n. Climax of an incredible drum lick listening experience.

Egg Beater (egg beet ehr) n. A roll that is played RRRLLRRRLL etc. or can be played off theleft hand. Note - hands do not go same speed.

Eight Factorial (ate fac tore ee uhl) n. Taken from the mathematical factorial function (ex: 8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1), this is an "8 on a hand" exercise in which you play 8 notes on each hand, then 7, then 6, then 5, .... You can start at 16 and 32 too. Also optional is to build back up to the starting number.

Fake flams n. When you ghost the grace note of a flam but play the main.

Fake it (fayk it) v. To try to look like you know the part, while you are trying to remember the drill at the same time... when you really only know half the part.

Feather tap v. To play lightly so as not to get much sound out of the drum

Flash Flood (flash flud) n. What happens when one snare can't hack it, so the entire song gets watered down.

Flem (flehm) n. A flam that was so dirty, it sounded like somebody coughed it up.

Flintstone (flint ston) n. hybrid rudiment, consisting of a flammed dotted eigth note, tapped sixteenth, then 32nd note flam-five (sounds like "Meet the Flintstones")

Floater (flowt ehr) n. Short for a free-floating drum, where the tension lugs which tighten the head are not directly connected to the shell.

Fluff (fluhf) n. When the line sounds dirty, i.e., That was a bunch of fluff. (usually used when unappropriate things can't be said)

Freakin' Ree Ree (freek in ree ree) n. The guy in the snare line who just can't quite get it - ever. also ree ree

Frizbee (friz bee) n. Synonym for a cymbal. also plates

Fuhrer (fure ehr) n. The snare captain who acts like a dictator. also drum major

Futz-A$$ (futz a$$) n. Name for annoying band directors; who try to do things too fast, or just do dumb stuff, and always seems to screw the drumline.

Fuzz (fuhz) n. A quality of sound achieved when a snareline is on the brink of being clean; i.e., "Cadets were fuzzy in July, but they are piss clean for finals.

Gank (gangk ) v. <1> Making a big gash in your stick, caused by rimshot or just sucking. ie. I just ganked the [expletive deleted] out of my stick. <2> To steal something, i.e. That dude just ganked my stick! or Man, our instructor just ganked that part from Vanguard '90. also rip <3> East Coast terminology for skangk, see skangk

Gator Beatin' (gay tore beet in) v. Playing firmly into the drum head, thereby producing a good quality sound. also through the head

Geriatric (jerr ee a tric) adj. When a drummer holds his stick like he's crippled. also, when sticks are extremely out of playing position. i.e., Quit doin' those geriatrics and play normal!

Ghost (gost) v. To "fake-drum" - to take out notes of a passage you're playing but still air drum them like your playing it.

Gimpy (gim pee) adj. <1> When a stick cracks and no longer gives the proper rebound (the gimpy stick causes the tick) <2> When you are not playing up to your usual ability; weak. (My chops are gimpy today).

Give Good Head (giv good hed) v. To play well.

Glory Boys (glore ee boyz) n. The snareline. Also, alumni who are idolized by the instructors and the drummers.

Goal posts (gol postz) n. T-bar tan from wearing a harness, but not wearing a shirt. not applicable with vest or tube carriers

Goat (goht) n. The percussion caption head. [attritributed to John R. Donovan, Jr.]

Gock (gahk ) n. <1> High pitched, approx 6in. drum on set of tenors, generally closest to the carrier. also sprock, gack, gawk, shot, shot drum, spank, spock, whacker, high pitched annoying thing. <2> A medium-low pitched sound made on a snare drum by hitting rim and head at the same time with the tip of the stick at the center of the drum head. also gok shot

Grabbing the bull by the balls (you can read) v. Taking a really hard lick and playing it so perfect, the whole band sounds awesome.

Grandma (gram ma) n. A rudiment consisting of alternating stroked 16thnotes with 32nd note right and left-handed paradiddles added in.

Grid (grihd) v. To take a rudiment (flam, diddle, etc.) and place it on the first, second, third, and fourth beats of a sixteenth note over a series of measures. Can also be done over triplets.

Hack (hak) v. <1> To improvise equipment (w/duct tape, etc.) <2> To play something stupid when you aren't supposed to be playing, caused by boredom and innate desire to hit your drum. (i.e. Quit hackin' or I'll kick your a$$!)

Hatin' It (hayt in it) v. a state of being which is somewhat like suffering, i.e., "The snare drummer on the end of VK's line was hatin' it during the drum solo." "The tenor players are hatin' it, because their d*mn drums weigh a ton."

Helen Keller Line (hel in kehl ehr line) n. A drumline of b!tch beaters with total disregard to dynamics and technique.

Helicopters (hel ih cop terz) n. see butterflies

Hell Raiser (hel rayz ehr) n. When you beat the hell outta the drum and the head snaps or tears.

Hemiola (hee mee oh la) n. A violent and abrupt outburst of the battery during a show. also four over 3 triplet accents, so the accent land on the "trip" of beat one the "ul" of beat two and the "it" of beat three

Hertah (her tah) n. Two 32nd notes immediately followed by two 16th notes. Roll the "r" Italian-style and it sounds like what it means. also hereta

Hurl (hurl) n. See "vomit".

Infinity Rolls (ihn fin ih tee rolz) n. A period of time where the line starts rolling and doesn't stop until the time period is over, usually starting out at a fast tempo and high stick height, depending on the skill and endurance level of the line. i.e., Tommorow we have to do infinity rolls for 15 min.

James sticking (jaymz stik ing) v. -playing any type of drum with a traditional-like style, only with the right hand flipped instead of the left. also jimmy sticking

Lick (lik) n. Any part of a drum score, although usually concerning a solo or particularly difficult passage.

Life Guard (life gard) n. One snare line member, who gets the bag (who's getting everything watered down in the first place) to finally practice, thereby stopping all the watering.

Life Saver (life sayv er) n. The snare line's practice pads (Real Feals,heavy hitters etc) ie, Get out your life savers and practice that opener!

Mallet throw A game in which the bass line stands on the goal line and chucks thier mallets as far as they can,one at a time winner is the one with the best combined distance. measured in yards then steps i.e. 122 yards, one step. Traditionally played immidiatly after the last practice before the last competition.

Marionette (mair ee uh neht) n. The drum major- he/she is merely a puppet for the band while the drums really keep the band together. also tool, puppet

Martin (mar tin) proper noun The freakin' ree-ree, pee-on, etc. who just won't stop hacking, gacking, and/or getting picked on. Also the guy most likely to go to a Trekkie convention.

Meathead (meet hed) n. Someone who thinks they're an incredible player who really isn't.

Million Flam Rule (mihl yun flam rool) n. The rule that states "One must play a million flams before one can play a perfect flam."

Monkey drum (muhn kee druhm) v. To "flail" each stroke, whipping the stick down and back very high, usually above your head.

Motherf*cker (muh thur f*k er) n. <1> A flamadiddle that alternates hands over fives. <2> The "sung" part for inside fives (one motherf*cker two motherf*cker)

Nerf Claves (nurf clah vayz) n. What you give the bag, freakin' ree ree,geriatric, stick jockey, or water boy to play. also Nerfwoodblock and Nerf cowbell.

Nipple (nipp uhl) n. Someone who is seriously out of formation when on the field. ie: "Hey man, you're the biggest nipple i've ever seen!"

Nirvana (nuhr vah na) n. A state of being achieved when you are playing a lick so effortlessly you give out an aura that you could play 10 times better than anyone else around you. can also refer to entire drum lines

Notes (nohtz) n. A passage, or measure, that is very difficult because of the amount of notes that you play. i.e., You guys wanted some notes, so here they are.

Orville Redenbocker Line (or vil red en bock ehr lyn) n. a line that plays nothing but total popcorn.

Pacifier (pa sih fy er) n. something such as a wood block that the insane instructor hits to keep a line in time. i.e. - Do you want me to breakout the pacifier or are you good enough to play without it?

Paper Bag (pay per bahg) n. What one of the drums on a set of tenors sounds like with a busted casing.

Park-'n'-blow (park an blow) n. A part in a show where you just stand there and play; no marching. Usually during the drum solo, or for dramatic effect.

Peck (peck) v. To improvise on any percussive instrument when you get bored, or when you are trying to annoy the crap out of sombody

Pecker (peck ehr) n. <1> A practice pad. i.e., Whip out your peckers and hack through the solo. <2> A title/derogative term for someone who constantly plays after the cutoff from the director, i.e., "Hey, pecker, quit hackin' before I shove this stick where the sun don't shine - SIDEWAYS!"

Peon (pee ohn) n. The annoying kid in the drumline that always get's picked on, kicked, or slaped with sticks. Also acts like it doesn't hurt at all. i.e., Leave Peon alone, he's bleeding.

Pimp (pimp) n. The center snare.also adj Good; i.e., "That cadence was pimp."

Ping (ping) n. A gock (def. #2, or rim shot) played 2-3in. away from rim

Piss 'er down (piss ehr down) v. Take a break to get rid of some beer

Piss it (piss it) v. Make the roll so clean it sounds like someone urinating

Plates (playtz) n. Cymbals. also frizbee

Popcorn (pop corn) n. The result of snacking- i.e., "What the hell kind of feature was that those guys were trying to play? They were playing so dirty, it sounded like popcorn!"

popcorn n. refers to a very dirty part, some times the entire show can be entirly made of popcorn

Popeye Syndrome (pohp eye sin drome) n. The incredible burning sensation in the forearms after a difficult workout.

Pow wow circle (pow wow sirk uhl) n. When all the bass drummers in a line get together in a circle for a sectional, i.e. "Okay, it's time for our little pow-wow circle again, so we can get this feature right."

Prize B!tch (prize bich) n. The freshman who is adored by the colorgard because he is "so unlike the drummers" and is therefore subject to scorn and humiliation. i.e., "Fulton is the guard's prize b!tch." also. The band directors favorite drummer

Puss out (puss owt) v. To play too weakly or not play at all, i.e., Man, quit pussin' out on that roll. see feather tap

Put your balls on the line (oh, you can say it) v. To align the balls of your feet with a yard line to set drill. also to take a big risk

Ram (ramm) n. A passage in a song when players (bass drummers, etc.) go insanely fast. also when you "know" youre right and ignore everyhing else on the field

Ram out (ramm owt) v. To play the drum, i.e. Man, that drumline was rammin' out some serious licks!

Rip (rip) n. A stolen drum score, i.e. That solo Frankfurter North played was a total Cadets rip. also v. see burn

Roll Stroll (roll stroll) n. Marching around playing intensely fast/ high rolls for as long as an hour straight, thereby inducing Popeye Syndrome. see also infinity rolls.

RMFL (ar em ef el) adj. Really Mother F*cking Loud - above fortississimo. also LAF (Loud As F*ck).

Sack (sak) n. See bag.

Schlep (shlepp) v. To move equipment, such as moving keyboards to a show site.

Schlock (shlok) v. To play first attacks of accented patterns, rolls, diddles, etc.. as dirty as humanly possible. i.e., "What is this, Schlock-Fest `97?!"

Scoop (scoop) n. A sound projector attached to the bottom of a snare drum. if you refer to these as "projectors" you will be ridiculed

Set the Table (set tha taybuhl) v. Position the cymbals in front of the battery at ride or hi-hat carry for the battery to play on. (Get it - cymbals = plates = set the table?)

Sha goink (sha goyngk) n. What gets accomplished when the instructor is not around. also nothing

Shank (shangk) n. Torque wrench or power key.

Sh!t the bed (sh!tt tha bedd) v. To blatently suck beyond belief, i.e. "You guys are really sh!ttin the bed on that lick...."

Shiznit (shiz niht) n. A really clean passage, where all the drummers"groove" to the beat.

Shut 'er down (shutt ur down) v. To end practice. i.e., "It's 9:00, timeto shut 'er down."

Skangk (skangk) n. A tenor note where you hit the lowest or second lowest pitched of the set of tenors, then immedietely put your hand on the drum head to muffle the sound, giving a quick attack and sharp cutoff - it sounds like it's name. East Coast = gank

Slap on the hogs (slapp on tha hogz) v. Put on your drums. also load 'em up, strap 'em on, mount up

Slice (slise) n when your right hand does not travel perpendiclar to the drum head, if matched grip, includes left hand.

Smoking (smohk ing) adj. Outstanding. A "smoking" show is one that totally blows the judges hair off and all the fans start to run away because it hurts their ears.

Solo taco (soh loh tah coh) n. Something played which is totally wrong, not even CLOSE to whatactually should be played. i.e. Hey wrong page man, dont go Solo taco on me.

Spank (spangk) v. To hit the drum.

Spankophone (spangk uh phon) n. The sprock drum or the bottom bass drum of the battery line. (used by Brian Mason)

Splinter (splint ehr) n. The pit player who breaks all of the mallets.

Spree (spree) n. A drumline's exercise in which they play all of their meat such as flam drags, cheeses, cheese chuchuttas.

Sprock (sprock) n. See "gock".

Sprock Spank (sprock spangk) n. a lick in which the sprock drum (or etc, see above) is hit repetiativly on accents, flams, drags, or open rolls/sweeps.

Snack (snack) v. see sh*t the bed

Snackum (snack um) n. One who snacks.

Stick Jockey (stik jock ee) n. A drummer who sucks so much they are demoted from the battery, straight to equipment manager. ie. "That freakin' ree ree is headed for stick jockey."

Stick The Cymbal (stik tha sim bull) n. Game played by drummers as follows: One drummer stands at an end of the parking lot waiting on waldo with his sticks...then the cymbal boys stand at the other end of the p.lot then the snare player whales his stick at the cymbals and if he hits one he gets a point..first to 10 wins

Superman (soup ehr mann) n. The lug-rim attachment on a bass drum. Named so because when taken off the drum, they look like little flying men.

Sweep (sweep) n. Tenor terminology for a rapid double stroke over two or more drums. also rake

Swiss Aarons (swiss air onz) n. Sixteenth notes with a flam on thedownbeat. Sticking is R, R, R, L (or L, L, L, R). Should sound like flam-paraddidles.

Tachutta (tuh chuht ah) n. Triplets with accents on the downbeats, and every SECOND notehas an unaccented flam.

Throw down (thro down) v. To play the drum. also ram out, spank

Tick (tik) n. Any minor screw ups playing, during any part of a show or rehearsal

Tighter than a virgin's daughter (you can pronounce it yourself) phrase ... How one should tune a marching snare drum.

Tony the Fireman (toh nee thah fyr man) proper noun -- The instructor who hoses all your parts.

Toy (toy) n. any item that can be attached to a marching drum (Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ride Cymbals, Hi hats, Ribbon Crashers, Spocks, Crotales, Granite Blocks, etc.)

Trainwreck (trayn rek) n. when the drumline as a whole sh*ts the bed, thus causing the band to....sh*t the bed.

Trek (trek) v. To march a long distance with just the drumline. Usually done to practice a piece (ie: the cadence) with marching. "Let's trek the cadence for a couple miles." see also roll stroll. also adventures

Uggh (uggh) intrjct. What you say instead of playing the right notes. also sh*t, huh, etc.
Example - When you have a great lick going and your top bass just happens to miss a nine stroke roll at the climax and says "uggh!" instead; right when no one else is playing.

Urination Vacation (yur uh nay shun vay cay shun) n. When a band member takes a piss break and never returns to practice.

Vibe (vibe) n. The intensity that a drumline or a drummer produces while playing,evident by their body language/facial expression.

Virgin Stick (ver jin stik) n. A new stick that has never been played with.

Visual (vizh yoo uhl) n. Something the percussionist does to add a visual texture to a song (twirls, back-sticking, fake-sticking, drum to drum, etc.)

Vitamins (vy tah minz) n. Any roll endurance exercise. see infinity roll

Vomit (vah mit) n. An anticipated sh*tting of the bed; i.e., "Uh oh, here comes the tenor vomit." also hurl

Waldo (wahl doh) proper noun -- The guy who always wanders off, and nobody can find him; i.e., "All right guys, let's run the opener....Hey! Where's Waldo?!"

Water (wah ter) v. To simplify a drum score. also hose

Water Boy (wah ter boy) n. Someone who sucks, for whom you must water the part down.

War Club (wahr club) n. A heavy or heavily taped stick. also bottom bass mallet

Way out (way owt) adj. The worst you could possibly play...to not even come close to playing with the line, worse than a tick; i.e., "Dude, you are just way-out on those inverts in the closer."

Wet-mouth (wett mowth) n. Any drooling bando who is paralyzed with amazement in the parking lot or in the stands.

Whackerball (whack er ball) n. A drum game played by setting the quints on the ground sothe gock ("whacker") is up like a basket, then sitting about five feet away and trying to get a small paper ball (about the size of a golf ball) into thewhacker. Get three in a row, and you move to round two, where a stick iswaved in front of the whacker. Get three more in a row and go onto round 3 where two sticks are waved in front of the whacker. Get those next three in a row in and you win.

Whacktissimo (whack tiss ih mo) adj. See "ballzando".

Zorro (zohr oh) n. A really dirty sticks-out.

That was a good piece, sometimes I don't even realize that I'm using some of them in everyday language. Good job putting it together

Impressive!

Correct, I did not put this list together, i ve had the list for maybe 3 or 4 years, I have added a few things to it here and there, but you could easily find this elsewhere on the internet. I merely brought it to you.

I made this thread sticky since it contains terms that are often used by members that not everyone may know.

Thanks Insomniac!

I like that...thats impresive

Malf (malph) - A backwards flam, aka a primary stroke played before the grace note.

Yeah this is a good list you've got started here. Thanks for following up on my idea that I put in the suggestions area.

I have one:
Pecking- Giff Howarth's word for hacking.

Fight Club- when one guy in the line is messin up so bad that we have to institute a five on one stick beating.

R.T.F.O. - rock the f??? out. A dynamic level used for parts in music where the writer wants the player to express his or her self excessively during a heavy ride or rock beat section. Often used during writing for non-classical marching band music.

Brain Fart- when you mess up in the Forest Hills drumline

Fun Fun..

Light Bulb- IDK

It isnt funny... but... there is a inside joke with that at my school

Opps you missed one the common saying "git er' dun" (git er dun) meaning to kick a$$ and get the job done.
And then the always favorite "Spell that" used by a drumline when the instructor wants the drumline or drummer to do something they don't wana do, they say " You better spell that" and if the instructor can't you don't have to do the task. ( Well, at least in your mind you don't but it's an ongoing joke)

road kill- n.unexpecting horn that gets hit by the bottom bass

"Vamos a get-down" is ours. Our former percussion teacher (May he rest in peace) used to say that. It basically means to put some emotion into your playing and "get-down" with yo' bad self.

I'm sure we have a lot, but the only one i can think of is "Beach 'em" meaning take your drums off.

A classic that I remember from my high school days was "don't suck." It's about the most inspirational pre-finals pep talk that you can possibly give.

"Don't suck" ... I've heard that one too many times from our instructor ... I see that "House" isn't on your list ... that's what we call the biggest bass drum, and there's also a Book Report ... apparently it's some weird rudiment consisting of a paradiddle with diddles on the "1" and "a" and a flam on the "&" ...

This is AWESOME! for som other similar things i found a website for Rolla H.S. @ http://www.angelfire.com/music4/r_band0/
and there is a dictionary and a you might be a band geek if...there is also one of those on my Marching band site in my profile. Cool Suff

I've also heard park'n blow referd to as park'n bark.

Snare ball- (snair bawl)n. A game played by bouncing a golf ball in between snare drums for as long as possible.

this is awasome lol

Wow. I can't believe you took all that time to type this. And I can't believe I took all this time to read it. Well done.

Credit Card- When a cymbal player rams a cymbal up someone at attention's crack.

Eight Factorial...NICE. We call that exercise 867, or occasionally 876.

Snail Shells- Bass drums b/c of what they look like when worn back'erds.

Pregnant Whales- Bass Drummers, b/c of what we look like wearing them

Momma Kangaroos- Snare Players, b/c of what they look like (with the snare coming out of the pouch) the way the harness fits under our uniforms. (looks like to me any way)

Lizards (or Gila Monsters)- Tenor players, b/c of how the drums seem to exaggerate hip size like certain reptiles whose legs stick off the sides of their bodies.

These are some of mine. For more from our 'drumblob' ask DrumsnRoses he's our Drum Major/Co-Drum Captain. Drumblob is one of his, I believe, but it may just have been passed down to him from some of the 'ancient ones' aka 'ghosts' aka alumni.

Sh*t can - a snare drum
Buddha - the drum instructor
Confucious - the band director, cuz they just confuse the f*uck out of everyone

That's all I got right now, but I'm sure our line will come up with more.

wow, where'd u find all of these?

best term ever... skank

Outstanding! I've been using some of those since high school!

Hilarious!

tendura

I got one!
Mount yer bitches-to signal the drumline to put on their drums.

Chunk: to practice the drill and playing the score together set by set. "Tonight, we're chunking sets 1-10 of the opener"

I'm not sure if this is applied to every school or marching ensemble.

Kack - Pingy rimshot in which the stick is thrown diagonally so it bounces off the side after the shot. Also the pistol whip in Halo.

Drum Wench - the only girl on the bass line who is slowly but surely corrupted to the drumline's ways.

Here's some that our drum instructor used a lot...
1.Mickey Mouse beats-(n)simple cadence.
2.Gaff up-(v)to mess up a cadence or exercise.
3.Gunk-(n)what you get when you gaff up.
4.Grade school-(adj)used to describe a low level of skill, or low difficulty of music.
Now here's an example..
What's all this gunk you all are playing!? You need to quit gaffing up all these grade school Mickey Mouse beats and practice!

Kecking- when the whole drumline is playing random different things, incredibly loud. Normally done on purpose to get on the directors nerves.

Rimming/Rimmage ecessive hitting of rims wihle playing sweep passages on tenors. ex. "MAN the tenors really rimmed up the solo... Newman executed some brutal rimmage at the "tonto"(see below)

Tonto when you march forward and hit with one foot, and immediatly step back on the other. (short for Touch and Go)

i got some

turtles:wearing the bass drums on your back
dad-gommit!-what the BD says when only the drumline messes up
toys- stuff in the auxillary rack
bouncy,bouncy-a game in which we rest the bass drums on the harnesses in a circle and we take turns throwing mallets and see who can make their mallet bounce the most
marbles- an term referring to a guys sack to degrade you when you are playing too soft "Play with some marbles!"

thats all for now

Testicular fortitude(n) see balls

Nice those were funny. I am actually going to print those off and post them in the drumline dungeon at school.

bwhaha! <3

That list can come in handy one day when your director wants to know what your talking about.

Helacious-The Line screwed up so bad that the instructor sh*t's him/her self and walks out of practice.

Bahama Breez- when the basses don't play out the notes

Here's one that my high school instructor used...."Suck Rocks", meaning, as you can probably guess, to suck.

Exact quote.."You guys got a 70. That sucks...that sucks rocks!"

nice, I learned some new terms

YESS!! Im gonna call our bass 5 waterboy n he won't know what Im talkn bout. sweet. Thanks for postin this, a few terms i knew, and few new ones to use.

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I like how there are so many words for the worst person in the snare line. I find it extremely amusing to first, refer to the worst player in secret until you come up with a nickname for that person, then you can openly refer to a total skrew up as a total...(insert nick name )For instance, you have turned into a(joel,john,maricus,becky etc.) Be sure to be respectful to those who actually cannot physically or mentally comprehend playing drums. It is hard to fathom that someone is literally incapable of playing, but it is true. If you still don't think so, visit my line, and I'll introduce you to a living, breathing example.

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Bus driver: The drumline section leader, or member of the line that takes charge and is generally adored by all. Also used to refer to the entire drumline. The band is a bus and the drumline drives it. If they don't know where their going, the whole band is going to crash and burn. But regardless of how well the drumline does at any event(practice,shows,competition) the ones who get blamed for everything, and are last to be dismissed from practice.

Fly paper-When you have wrapped your sticks in hockey tape and when your hands get sweaty they make the tape so sticky that stuff starts to stick to it.

Great Stuff!

When I marched Cavaliers, we kept a "tour book" of all sorts of funny stuff like this. Bunko is the keeper of the book now, but one that comes to mind is:

Schizoflamitzo - the rumored inability to play flams with the tenor line.

lol some new stuff for me

Seesaw-When the spock on your tenors aren't bolted on well enough so the spock moves back and forth.

Brain Suck- When a member does not count their parts and listens to others, forcing them to be late on their parts and messing everything up. Most common with bass drummers.

wow that is a lot of terms. buddy you need a life. jk it is awesome

I didn't see the terms "Tubs" or "Pigs" listed as terms for the battery's drums. As in "Strap on the Pigs!" A Leif Marwede favorite.

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A classic that I remember from my high school days was "don't suck." It's about the most inspirational pre-finals pep talk that you can possibly give.

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"Don't rush, don't drag, don't bite, don't suck, don't choke"

Circa Tom Float 1982 or there abouts.

LOL.... There is some funny stuff in there. We should just form our own dialect.

i've never heard of some of these terms,but now i can start using them!! Thanks

I have an idea....lets make are own language. haha j/p

A term we use is "You Suck!!!" we yell this ar freshmen who cant play very goog. Now when syaing this phrase you have to yell it to get its full effect!

Poo-Baby: The rookie in the line who never does what the drum captain asks and is completely rebelious to any veterans.

I would have to agree that I use most of these.

farg (as in "fargin'-A") replacement for the 'f' word.

Amber Alert- When someone begins to drift away from the drill during a show, or when someone is setting drill incorrectly, finding themself all alone.

Band Director- The idiot who made us march up and down Duke Univ.'s stadium, back up and back down... (adding the cadance for a higher degree of difficulty)

Dominoes- What the band look like when practicing marching fundimentals, especially if someone falls.

Graveyard- The storage room way in the back of the hall, full of broken heads, old drums, and snapped sticks.

"One handed swimming"- What happens when someone drops a stick.

Water Fountain- The aluminum object attached to the wall. Broken and dented all over from sticks thrown by the instructor.

Tick....the person in the line who makes everybody sound bad...haha

the one word we use the most for replacing rimshots is CRAT! the T is silent. it sounds like it should be "crack," but we decided that it's easier to say it this way instead. you can use it in something like "crat...o...crat...o...crat...o...crat."
the "o" is the sound we make for the drum.

Very nicely done. My drum major uses a term for long dragged out double stroke rolls, almost as slow as just stroking them out. Fat Cheeseburger - slow rolls sounding like their stroked out. I think it's kind of cool.

You're all in the pool - phrase used to say that the entire ensemble will be playing; commonly responded to by saying "splash"

One term my line sometimes uses is "Cheesecake". It means being lazy, playing a rhythm with a lazy hand or hands, or just plain not doing anything. We got this term from the nickname for drum instructor last year. All he ever talked about was cheesecake. He was a lazy guy, always showed up late and eventually stopped showing up altogether. We instructed ourselves the last couple of contests.
Good Luck, and God Bless.

I cracked up when I saw "Ballzando."

That's great. I wish there were more for those guys that think they are God's gift to drumming but can't even keep a beat.

Here's one we use to use:

"Deez Nuts" - basically a buzz tap

Wow, I never realized how much of that stuff my tech used last season was actually used by others, but apparently it's not so rare. He loved balls-to-the-walls and apeshit the most.

Seems complete to me lol that s a cool list were did you find it ???

Loose and Skanky- used to describe a section in a cadence that grooves around a tenor skank pattern.

"Skeletons F***ing on a tin roof" or a dirty snare line

My drumline has this thing for snare drum for our right hand "sleep tight, nighty night, keep the butthole tight" to keep our fulcrum point secure

Vomit method. teaching someone by rote. ie: how the lifegaurd gets the waterboy through the season.

wave: when the line doesnt mark time properly and theres a wave when you see the heads. also when there are differences in the heights of the drumline.

suck it up: what the veterans say to the new freshmen who always complain about the drums weights(university high)

The 200 club: those who can really grid a flam drag at 200bpm

cereal bowl: a visual done by snare drummers which consists of taking your drum off and lifting it up to your mouth like you are drinking the last bit of milk after the cereal is gone

sacking: to hit someone in that special place with a bass mallet

a$$ed: when a drummer wipes his butt with another's possessions, ex; "hey Leroy, i just a$$ed the band director's microphone

Oh sh!ts - When you screw up. We always yell that at people when they mess up.

Con Cojones - With balls

Dirka (dir kuh)- In reference to "Team America: World Police". Instead of doing "Duts" or "Gats", we say "Dirka". Also, with two syllables, it brings out the eighth notes.

ADVERBS!! - Nothing fancy. Whenever someone uses and adverb, we scream it at them, because one of our drumline clinicians does that..a lot.

I beleive a "Flippin' B!tch" is a really hard 180-turn on bass drum. When I say really hard, I mean a one count turn at 176 BPM.

now this is why sooo many foreignors have a difficult time with English....lol good thing spanish doesn't have all of those terms...(or do they?...eeeek)

Disgusting - reffering to something that was played perfectly, or just gets you hyped up (also, sick, nasty)

Moeller technique- A virtical whip motion of the wrist used when playing inverted flams or "floppy flams" very quickly.

Vamp (verb): To improvise, either as a generic ad lib ("basses, give me a one-bar vamp into this section"), or an entire section; often used in the context of lengthy parades. "let's just vamp on it; trade off between snares and tenors every four bars...."

"Going for the groan" - when a Perc. judge sounds like they are having an orgasm on the tape because of something played.
Orgasmictastic - Something really awesome
Unicorn - Holding sticks to one's forhead in an obvious "I'm horny" way.
Humping - Moving your upper body back and forth (in a 'head-banging' sort of way) during part of the show.

we are rather perverted in Beavercreek.

"Dodging clods of dirt"-when the line is really chucking dirt all over.

Jenkinsed- When the Director's or other faculty member's office is spam attacked with printouts of memetic phrases, or when a drummer from another line is served by members of your line. "Dude, we just Jenkinsed the hell out of Malone's office".

____ Goes To College!- Used as a cheap comeback/cheap insult to a member of another section, or just to be funny. "So what the trumpets are in step, I bet trumpets go to college."

B|tch Seat- The seat which contains the band parent in the Lair.

Lair- The back of the bus, where the percussion section resides. Reffered to as Hell, by danceline and female drum majors. Drummer Seats

Shako's- Band hats with plumes, that never fit, may contain things that aren'ts supposed to be on the field. (Lighters, 'Cellular Devices', etc.) Often used to mark places in the warm up area in competition. (Didn't see this one on there...)

Takething- The acttion of: A) Taking yellow tape or other things that are usually discarded after a competition, that enforces non-existant boundaries. B) Confistacting something from someone else, usually done by a section leader/band captain. "I'll be takething ye Cellphone, if I dost hear it ring in this sacred practice hall!"

Sandy- Used for any bass/cymball player who talks excessivley, doesn't listen, and wears flip-flops to practice. Constantly accused of "Pouring Sand".

"Damn1t Sandy! You keep talking and, it keeps sucking! Shut up!"

Pouring Sand- When "Sandy" or other rookies talk, and it makes no sense, sounds stupid, and is heard above almost everything. When this occurs in plural, it's a "Sandstorm". This term is different from Hourglass.

Hourglass Sand- A clean, in time, perfect roll on ride cymballs.

Rick James- A drummer, from a different battery, who moves to your battery--most likely an upperclassman--who royally sucks, but insists that "they're sh!t hot on snare."

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Huddle Hut- Where the entire drumline makes a circle in attempt to keep warm.

Idiot- (myself) the tenor player that thinks they can run with their drums and drops everything in their hands. Most of the time in front of a another line.

"Reef-it" - verb: to crank a drum, crank the tempo, crank the volume, increase the speed, tension or intensity of anything.

"Yo dude... let's reef some flam drags" or "Dude... this snare souds terrible...you need to reef it!"

haha i loved it!!...time to update my vocab with some of these words haha

red skull- when your caption gets so mad that his/her head turns blood red and his/her eyes come out of their head (from personal experience, it aint fun)

"Potatoes Rolling Down Stairs" -- What a thoroughly mangled bass drum run sounds like.

I actually heard this one on a drum corps field percussion judge's tape.

Okay... so i have a BIG list lol

Apes**t - Using large movements of the arm while going very fast

Bag - anything that was horrible

Bag of suck - where there is a whole lot of Suckin goin on where there is a whole bag of it

Ballzando - A dynamic level far above traditional dynamic levels

Beaver - to cut up ones sticks from rimshots

Beech 'Em - when your section leader calls "beech em" and everybody takes their drums off because the Directior wants to yak his head off for an hour

Female Dog - a relatively virgin drum line addition whom is frequently called upon for such services as fetching water, picking up trash, Carrying things around the field, and being subjected to countless act of ridicule and emberassment

Brass Slapper - Cymbal player

Buzz kill - Expecting a Cool Lic, but it turns out to suck e.g. "The Bluecoats drumline is a total Buzz kill"

Cattle Guard - Derogatory term for the Color Guard

Cheezz - A poorly written part

Chef, The - A percussionist who plays Traditional and cant keep that good ol' left hand down, just like stiring Chicken noodle Soup

Clusterf**k - a set in which everyone is disoriented and misplaced

Cop Killer - when a member of the snare line puts his/her stick through the KevlarŪ head

Doin it up for Grandma - when a freakin ree-ree wears his hat way up on his head so his Grandma can take pictures, even though it looks Ridiculous

Doughboy - Name given to one who is gasping for air after the first 15 minutes of practice

Druminese - the Universal language implimented by Drummers consisting of mouth sounds used to imitate the sounds of Drums

Eargasm - Climax of an incredible drum lic listening experience

Flaggot - derogatory Name for any color guard member

Flash Flood - when only one snare cant hack the part so it gets watered down

Flem - when a flam is played so dirty is sounds like someone coughed it up

Give Good Head - to play Well

Hailstorm - a Dirty Roll

Hatin' it - a state of being which is somewhat like suffering





Well there is actually a lot more... but what Im gonna do is get on my scanner.. and get some PDF's of them for ya lol there are about 7 more pages

Ive seen this list before,i think its great. and some of the things on there are pretty funny.

Mama=My Drumline instructor

Drop a House - an over the top accent much like "Ballzando" to help accentuate the fact that the band is also playing an incredibly over the top accented note. denoted by drawing a small square house with a triangle roof over the indicated note to be accented.

sub woofer: bottom bass

master: the doctor beat
virgin: someone who hasnt doen the standard hourly workout
dut: sound used to imitate sound of drum

"Gloria Estefan" - The drummer who keeps sticking an extra beat in that one measure break and in doing so, quite effectively...


Wait for it...


Turns the beat around

Thank you, I'll be here all week, please try the shrimp.

Cowbell Fever- Going crazy on the cowbell, usually breaking the stick or majorly damajing the cowbell.

cool here is one
rollin' it up- when the rest of the marcing band is playing for warm ups and the line just...rolls!

ear tampons- ear plugs

"the runs"

when that one guy doesn't practice, but he wants the really fast parts.

Here's two more for you from yours truly
Nightstick-the thickest triangle beater you can find
Church Bell- The thickest triangle you can find that gives you a very low pitched sound

Hey ya'll Im playing the timpani's this year

Your ongoing breaking of the rules (this one being spam/off-topic posting) will only get you to Bantown. I suggest you start following our rules.

-P.S. Please learn the proper usage of the apostrophe.

Snare Ball (n): Game in which a bouncy ball, preferably a tennis ball, is thrown into the air. Meanwhile, the snares underneath must bounce the ball back up into the air using their drums. IE, a drumline version of keep it up. (can be played with tenors as well)

Baby Seal Killers (n): 1)Thickest triange beater 2)Overly large or combersome beaters of any sort

Mallet Game (n): A game in which pit members find a room with lots of obstacles, and play a game of hard core dodge ball using mallets. Can be played with dodgeball rules (you get hit, and your out) or first to draw blood wins (you can guess) *Different than the Mallet Game listed in the big list*

Set: Yelled very loudly by a section leader or drum tech to call a drumline into attention. ie. "drumline, your at attention... drumline shut up... SSSSEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!!!"

Widowmaker (n): The largest bass drum in a drum line. Also see "Castrator", "Ball Breaker", "Crippler" and "Dislocator"

Meat Grinder (n): A drill exercise used to practice verbal commands. Band or section blocks up at one end of the field, is told a series of commands, then must execute them on a loop, slowly creeping toward the end of the field. The band must reach the end of the field without one member screwing up, or everyone starts all over again.

Here are a few I've come across that weren't on the list in this form...

Elephant Nuts (el uh fant nuts) pl. n. - Bottom bass mallets.

Squirrel Nuts (skwer al nuts) pl. n. - Top bass mallets.

This goes along with clam and clam chowder, but we use just chow.

Chow (chow) v. 1)To dirty up a lick. 2)To drop a stick or accidentilly hit it when playing fast, making it flip out of your hand.

Question: what does ripping the end of a roll mean? I heard Scott Johnson talk about it on VF.com in respect to his I&E solos back in the day.

I saw that interview also and wondered the same thing, I think it means to speed the roll up at the end, because that's a common tendency in some players which is why he says you can finall do it in I & E because you wont crap out the line. That's just my guess though its probaly wrong.

"virgin stick" I honestly have never heard that one before haha.

Haha in my freshman year on the third song the basses were told to play so quiet that it sounded like "rats peeing on cotton".

We even had RPOC written on our parts. :P

From what I know, ripping the roll is when you don't finish out the roll correctly. It can come from dropping the end of the roll, pushing the end to hard so you speed it up, etc..

What exactly is a rim knock and how does it differ from a cross stick?

Attack - The first note of a piece.

Check - A said piece without rolls or hard rhythms.

Stock - Normal, as written; to go back after changing an exercise: "alright, play the exercise stock. Also, expected: "geeze, best tenors, so stock!"

Apparently - Used to mock anybody that gives directions. Usually not an upperclassmen or director. "Oh, apparently we are doing fundamentals today. Kevin knows!"

Spike and Spock - The high and low respectively, usually 6 or 8 in. drums on a set of sextets.

Ham it up - To walk around out of tempo to no specific drill set. Usually arms are waved and silent taunting takes place.

Those are some my drumline uses.

wow! cool thread. Unfortunately I think pretty much all of the cool drumline sayings have been brought up already.